2021 Crossfit Games - Tia-Claire Toomey and Justin Medeiros

The 2021 Crossfit Games are in the books and I enthusiastically watched the majority of the live streams for the individuals, less for the teams and only a few events for the age group and adaptive athletes.

I thought the programming provided for great tests that covered functional movement at high intensity across a broad time domains.

Get well soon, Brooke Wells

2021 Crossfit Games

July 28

Event 1

For time:

1-mile swim with fins

3-mile kayak

This was over an hour time domain and not spectator friendly, but certainly a good test.  I might have to rent paddle boards or kayaks again.

Event 2

For time:

126-ft. sled drag, 180 | 220 lb.

5 Pig flips, 350 | 510 lb.

12 muscle-ups

12 bar muscle-ups

12 bar muscle-ups

12 muscle-ups

5 Pig flips 

126-ft. sled drag

Time cap: 12 min.

Entertaining test that showcased gymnastics and strongman.

Event 3

For time:

550-yard sprint

Time cap: 4 min.

I was worried about this one, but nobody really got knocked around too bad.

Event 4

For time:

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of:

Wall walks

Thrusters, 135 | 185 lb. (short bars)

Time cap: 20 min. 

185# is a heavy thruster and combined with 55 wall walks was quite the effort.

July 30

Event 5

4 rounds for time:

4 rope climbs

500/400 ski erg

Sand bag carry

I am not sure what to make of the Husafell Strongman Bag, but at 200# for men, this seems like a beast.

Events 6/7

5 rounds for time of:

250-m run 

1 clean

Women: 165 | 175 | 185 | 195 | 205 lb.  

Men: 245 | 265 | 285 | 305 | 315 lb. 

Time cap: 7 min.

 

5 rounds for time of:

200-m run out of the Coliseum

1 clean 

Women: 210 | 215 | 220 | 225 | 230 lb.

Men: 325 | 335 | 340 | 345 | 350 lb.

Time cap: 8 min.

This was an interesting test that was mentally taxing on weaker athletes who could not make the cleans, especially in Event 7.

Event 8

For time: 

Navigate the handstand walking course

Time cap: 5 min.

Another brutal test that basically established the have and have nots.  Although handstand walking is to be expected, this really separated athletes.

Event 9

21-15-9:

Echo bike (cal.)

Snatch, 75 | 105 lb. (short bars)

Time cap: 8 min.

Fast and entertaining.

CUT TO 30 ATHLETES

July 31

Event 10

For time:

30 toes-to-bars

1.5-mile run

30 toes-to-bars

1.5-mile run

30 toes-to-bars

Time cap: 27 min.

This was a really interesting test during which athletes could really separate themselves on the runs.

CUT TO 20 ATHLETES

Event 11

11-min. AMRAP:

1 pegboard ascent

7 single-arm dumbbell overhead squats, 50 | 70 lb.

15 heavy double-unders

This was fun to watch and the athletes made tough movements look easy.

Event 12

1-rep-max snatch

Guilherme Malheiros.  Enough said.

Aug 01

Event 13

4 rounds of:

20 GHD sit-ups

8 cheese curd burpees over the hay bale, 70 | 100 lb.

168-ft. yoke carry, 425 | 605 lb. 

1-min. reset

Time caps by round: 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 min.

I loved this event and it got me wanting to break out my yoke and do some burpees over a wall.

Event 14

6-10-14 reps of:

Deadlifts, 275 | 405 lb. (short bars)

Freestanding handstand push-ups

Time cap: 7 min.

A new skill and a tough standard.

Event 15

For time:

600-m row

90 chest-to-bar pull-ups

36-ft. back-rack walking lunge 

36-ft. front-rack walking lunge

36-ft. overhead walking lunge 

135 | 185 lb., short bar

Time cap: 11 min.

185# OH walking lunge is brutal.  Frankly I was surprised the athletes made such short work of the C2B during the final event of competition.